Fwayo Tembo (born 2 May 1989) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for Lusaka-Dynamos.

Football career

Early football

Tembo was born in

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...

, Zambia. In 2008, at the age of 18, Tembo moved from Zambia to

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in Tunisia and signed with the traditional club

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, who played in the

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. He played his professional debut in April 2008 and during the 2008–09 Ligue 1 season he made eight appearences scoring two goals. Tembo won the Tunisian championship with his team. In the 2009–10 Ligue 1 season, Tembo made 11 appearences and scored six goals. The team ended the championship in third position.

Basel

On 29 May 2010, The Newspaper Post (Zambia) announced online that Tembo had joined

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from

on a three-year deal, for a reported fee of €1.2 million. On the next day

confirmed the transfer, stating it was a four year contract. He joined Basel's first team during their 2010–11 season under head coach

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. After playing in eight test games, in which he netted four times, Tembo played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 20 September as Basel won 3–2 against

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. He scored his first league goal for his new club on 14 August in the home game in the

as Basel were defeated 1–4 by

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. He scored his first goal in the

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on 19 September in the away game as Basel won 5–0 against

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. He scored another goal from the penalty spot on 10 April 2011 in the away 3–3 draw against

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in the

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. Basel started in the

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third qualifying round and advanced to the group stage, but ended the group in third position. Therefore they dropped to the 2010–11 Europa League knockout phase, but here they were eliminated by

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due to a last minute goal against them. Tembo played in eight of the 12 matches. Although mainly used as joker, Tembo won the Swiss Championship with Basel at the end of the

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season, topping the table just one point clear of rivals

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. To the beginning of their 2011–12 season season Tembo was member of the Basel team that won the 2011 Uhrencup, beating both

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3–0 and

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2–1 to lead the table on goal difference above Young Boys. The start of the season ran respectably. Tembo played in eight test games and five games in the championship, one of which over the full 90 minutes, but suddenly things went quite. Tembo was no longer in the team's training sessions. Tembo left the club after he accused club coach

of making racist remarks towards him during a training session. Fink is reported to have told a collaborator to ''get the monkey down from the tree.'' There were no reactions from the club about this. But Tembo returned to

in Tunisia and rejoined

on a loan deal. At the end of the season Basel terminated the contract with the player. During his time with the club, Tembo played a total of 67 games for Basel scoring a total of nine goals. 30 of these games were in the

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, four in the

, eight in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 25 were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league, two in the cup and the other five were scored during the test games.

Astra Giurgiu

In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with the Romanian side

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Power Dynamos

He joined

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on a two-year deal on Monday 4 April 2016 and made his debut on Saturday 9 April coming on off the bench at Arthur Davies Stadium in the second half for teammate Luka Lungu in a match Power went on to win 1–0. He left Power Dynamos during the mid-season transfer window to join

Lusaka Dynamos Lusaka Dynamos Football Club is a Zambian football club based in Lusaka. Lusaka Dynamos Football Club is a Zambian football club based in Lusaka. The club's nickname is "The Elite" and it lives up to its billing by way of the profile it commands ...

International career

Tembo played for the national team in the

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. He was the topscorer of the competition with 5 goals. He played for the Zambia national under-20 football team during the

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in Canada, scoring a goal from the penalty spot in the game against

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on 1 July 2007. Fwayo Tembo played for the

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at the

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in Ghana.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Basel *

;Astra Giurgiu *

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(1): 2015–16 Zambia *

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Top Scorer:

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References

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